Davi Stretton-Mellor, a 33-year-old step-grandfather, said that he and wife Kerry-Anne Millerchip and their family were forcibly removed from the flight.

They said around 17 police officers removed – including their daughter and husband, young children and grandchildren aged two and three – them at Santiago de Compostella Airport, northern Spain, on Monday.

Davi said he was asleep by the time they landed and was woken up by Spanish police who grabbed him by the collar, dragged him out of the seat and along the aisle off the aircraft.

His family started protesting so they were ordered off the flight too.

Pictured with wife Kerry-Anne Millerchip, he said he ended up having to pay another £1,000 (Picture: BPM)

Davi said that soon after boarding the plane he had spoken to a group of passengers behind him who had made a lot of noise and banged their seats.

He said: ‘We took our seats and within five minutes we had a problem with a group behind us. They were Polish people, a mixture of burly blokes and women, and the blokes were banging on the seats being noisy.